Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer

Tik Tok Study

April 22, 2025

The TikTok Study is a research project focused on the experiences of survivors who have chosen to name the person who harmed them using social media publicly. We want to understand what influenced their decision, as well as the emotional and personal impacts of naming them and sharing their story. Exploring the intersectional complexities when using social media to identify perpetrators of gender-based violence (The Tik Tok Study). This study has received ethics approval from

Celebrating Multi-disciplinary Scholarship

November 26, 2023

To purchase any of these texts: Dr. Aliyah Dosani – Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective (forthcoming 2024 with Pearson Canada Dr. Natalie Meisner – It Begins in Salt with Frontenac Dr. Jacqueline Musabende – Bringing positive change Dr. Milena Radzikowska – Prototyping Across the Disciplines (2021) with Intellect Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer – Sexual Violence Policies and Sexual Consent Education at Canadian PSIs(2023) with Routledge – Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective 3rd edition (2023) with Emond – Canadian Criminal Law and

Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective, 3rd Ed.

May 2, 2023

The 3rd edition is published by Emond and is the only text that addresses the criminal justice issues that surround criminalized women, victimized women, and women workers. Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective is national in scope and this resource features in-depth case-studies focused on important cases in Canadian criminal justice including a new chapter on Black and racialized women and the criminal justice system with contributions from BIPOC scholars across Canada.

Sexual Violence Policies and Sexual Consent Education at Canadian PSIs

March 20, 2023

D. Scharie Tavcer and Vicky Dobkins. This book published by Routledge, is the culmination of three years of research into sexual violence policies and sexual consent education at post-secondary institutions across Canada. The prevalence of sexual violence has not changed in more than 30 years, and its reporting to police or school authorities has only waxed and waned over those years. In response, this book asks what can be done differently to reduce the number

Consent 101

March 20, 2023

The Consent 101 online module is one of the outcomes from my three-year research project about sexual consent education at post-secondary institutions across Canada. To get the book. To access the Consent 101 module, click this link to be redirected. FYI: There are a couple of portions in draft form. The research project was about sexual violence policies and sexual consent education at post-secondary institutions across Canada. Because the prevalence of sexual violence has not

Canadian Criminal Law and the Criminal Code

February 15, 2023

Within Canadian criminal law there is reform including how the system approaches its colonial foundations. When teaching this material, I see how imperative it is that educators and scholars must also evolve in the ways in which we think about and teach criminal law. We need to include various learning modalities, pedagogies, and voices, especially if we want to continue to engage the students of today, but especially if we want to effect change. Oxford

“Good People with Good Intentions”: Deconstructing a Post-Secondary Institution’s Sexual Violence Policy Construction

May 2, 2022

New research by Dr. Irene Shankar and Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer finds that despite members’ intentions, the committees that construct post-secondary institutions’ sexual violence policies lack essential expertise and produce flawed results. READ the article published with the Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy

Courage to Act: Sexual Consent Education at Canadian PSIs

March 4, 2021

Dr. Tavcer asks what can be done differently to reduce the prevalence of sexual violence on campus, especially in the face of dwindling budgets and lack of access to programs and services. She shares details about her study on sexual consent education across Canada and the online consent education module she’s developed. Read the full write up here: https://www.couragetoact.ca/blog/sexualconsenteducation

I’m tired of talking about consent

January 30, 2021

For years I have studied sexual violence. It’s an issue that divides people in the room. Whenever I tell folx what I research they either dive in, discuss, and debate, or they deflect and walk away. That’s okay because I remain passionate about studying sexual violence and I am comfortable with the discomfort. Lately, the discussions and debates revolve around whether universities should have sexual consent education and if so, should it be mandatory? MRU,

S1:2 Addressing Your Inner Critic with Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer

October 13, 2020

In this episode of the Working Mom Wellness Community podcast, mom, writer, professor, and social justice advocate Dr. D. Scharie Tavcer speaks about her inner critic and the importance of unlearning those scripts. Resources In this episode, Scharie and I discuss how having kids has transformed the way we look at love. I cite “All About Love” by Bell Hooks and speak about Brené Brown’s book: “The Gifts of Imperfection.”

2020 Recipient of the Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teacher

February 12, 2020

The goal of the Faculty of Arts Outstanding Teacher Award is to recognize a full-time faculty member who has done exemplary pedagogical work in the previous academic year. Each year, the Faculty of Arts seeks to recognize outstanding teachers who work to be innovative in their pedagogical initiatives that support student learning in and/or out of the classroom.

2019 MacEwan University Distinguished Alumni

November 29, 2019

The annual Distinguished Alumni Awards celebrate accomplishments in areas such as community development, lifelong learning, and business innovation. The awards honour an alum of MacEwan University (formerly Grant MacEwan College) who speaks at the convocation ceremony (skip to 1:57:37). In 2019, I was honored as the recipient and said a few words at the convocation ceremony in June 2019. Scharie graduated in 1992 from the Law Enforcement and Security Program, which was the springboard to